Berlin Admits Retreat From Ancre Positions
The German official communications admit evacuation of positions near Puisieux and Beaumont-Hamel south of Albert as Allied forces report patrols in Albert and nearby towns. British and French troops advance and Germans retreat along the Picardy front amid renewed activity. A large Allied victory celebration unfolds in Amiens as Russian and Allied forces shift theaters and prepare for further operations.
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London
Damery
Parvillers
Roye
Field Marshal Haig
Proyart
Somme
Berlin
Albert
Puisieux
Beaumont-Hamel
Yser
Scarpe
Aiette
Ancre
Allied Archangel advance to Pabereshskaia reaches 100 miles south
London reports the Archangel expeditionary force reaching Pabereshskaia 100 miles south of Archangel on the railroad toward Vologda. Bolshevik forces retreat amid alleged atrocities while allied landings along Onaga Bay aim to intercept retreating Bolsheviks. Allied troops funnel south as news spreads across Russia.
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London
Archangel
Pabereshkaia
Vologda
Onaga Bay
Washington
Russia
Germany
Ielsh
Vladivostok
Paku
Pabereshskaia
Brest-Litovsk
Apparta
Burleson Orders Consolidation Of Telephone Plants
Washington August 16 Postmaster General Burleson orders all telephone firms to limit extensions and improve war related work and to speed plans for unifying telephone plants where the public desires consolidation. He named Nathan Kingsbury of American Telegraph and Telephone and George W Robinson of TreState to investigate and negotiate the consolidation of multiple companies in the same communities.
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Washington
Postiminster Burleson
Burleson
Nathan ©. Kingsbury
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
George W. Robinson
TreState Telephooe and Telegraph Company
No Developments On Somme Battlefront
There have been no further striking developments today in the Somme front area as Germans evacuate advanced posts north of the front. Allied forces are said to be pressing the line, with a principal force reported between Chaulnes and Roye as the enemy redeploys.
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Albert
Albert Cathedral
Hindenburg Line
Somme Battlefront
Somme
Arras
Pris Ners
Fourth
Hy Associated Press
France
Somme Battle Front
Lindenburg Lne
Sommon
Chaulnes
Royse
Four Million Americans In France Next June Will Crush Germans
The Senate military committee was told by General March Secretary Baker and Provost Marshal General Crowder that up to four million American soldiers could be in action by June 30 with around 3.2 million in eighty divisions in France. The plan, part of a broader manpower bill, aims to end the war quickly by concentrating all forces on the western front.
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Washington
General March
War Department
France
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Crowder
Chamberlain
Senate
Administration
Wilson
Italy
March
Germany
General Pershing
Prgram
Heavy German losses surpass Allied casualties in war period
London reports that since August 8 the German losses to allied losses are at their highest proportion in the war. It notes many Germans captured while allied totals likely exceed allied deaths. The statement reflects heavy German casualties and rising prisoner counts.
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London
Swift Segregates Colonial Branch Amid Plan Change
Swift and Company proposes splitting its South American and Australian properties and transferring title to individual domestic stockholders in exchange for surrender of domestic shares. A new firm, Campania Swift International S. A. C., aims to raise 22.5 million Argentine gold in 1.5 million shares of 15 each. Shareholders deposit 8 percent to obtain new 15 dollar shares for each original 100 shares. Properties span Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay and Australia.
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Chicago
Swift and Company
Campania Swift International S. A. C
Sociedad Anonima Commercial
Swift International
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguayy
Paraguay
Australia
Frankfort Air Raids Threaten Rhine Towns
An official Frankfort dispatch reports 12 enemy aviators dropped 26 bombs at 9 am causing 12 deaths and five injuries. Basel reports higher casualties with bombs hitting Kaiserstrasse, the station area, nearby racks, and Golth's house, heightening panic in Rhine towns.
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Geneva
Frankfort
Germany
Basel
Kaiserstrasse
Golth
Rhine
Three Pilots In Yank Squad Win Victories
Three American aviators claim victories in France as CAPT Charles J. Biddle of Andalusia PA shoots down a German monoplane north of Fierey. LIEUT Vaughn R. McCormick of Columbus OH earns a second official German aircraft north of St Michel, with CAPT Ray C. Bridgeman of Lake Forest IL noted for aiding. Additional claims include LIEUT Herman Schultz of Rettendorf IA and LIEUT Edgar C. Tobin of San Antonio in Eyvezen area. Confirmation sought for two victories.
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France
Charles J. Biddle
Andalusia
Biddle
Fierey
Vaughn R. McCormick
Columbus
Ohio
St. Michel
Ray C Bridgeman
Lake Forest
Amray
Lieut. McCormick
Herman Schultz
Rettendorf
Iowa
Fhierey
Edgar C. Tobin
San Antonio
Eyvezen
Railroad Men Placed In Class One Protest Filed
CHICAGO Aug. 16 The railway administration protested unfair classification of railroad workers by draft boards. A note from Provost Marshal Gen Crowder shows 8177 cases where employees deemed essential were put in class one. The administration urged deferred classification in line with regulations.
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Chicago
Railway Administration
Gen. Crowder
Railroad Administration
French General Praises Red Cross Canteens in France
Washington August 16 Gen Gourand commander of the fourth French army expresses appreciation for American Red Cross work in France. He specifically mentions canteens run by Miss H B Ely of Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania and another American woman Miss Notts whose home address is not known at Red Cross headquarters.
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Washington
Red Cross
France
Gourand
H. B. Ely
Bryn Mawr
Misa Notts
Poland to be discussed at conference heads quarters
London August 16 The Polish question will be discussed at the conference between Emperor William of Germany and Emperor Charles of Austria at the German main headquarters according to a dispatch from Amsterdam to the Central News as reported by the Berlin Tageblatt Vienna correspondent.
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London
William
Germany
Emperor Charles of Austria
Vienna
Berlin
Planes and guns loom in U S war manpower bill
Washington Aug 16 Gen March told the military committee that American manpower must be sent to France to win the war with a single commander. He said four million troops could breach German lines, while calling for 240000 men overseas monthly. He questioned artillery and airplane stocks and dismissed any big Russian front plan. Dent said Baker March Crowder would appear before the House committee next Monday with Kahn predicting swift bill action.
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Administration
Chamberlain
Senate
March
United States
France
West Front
House Committee
Dent
House Military Committee
Baker
Gen. March
Crowder
Representative Kahn
California
Kahn
Crowder Seeks Public Aid for New Draft
General Crowder outlines a proposed draft expansion to 13,000,000 men by October 1 using existing state machinery. He calls for public sacrifice and full cooperation, with registration and classification by questionnaire in voting precincts and a new registrar for each 80 registrants to support the mobilization for France.
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Washington
General Crowder
France
America
Republic
Crowder
British Continue to Win Air Victories
London reports a sharp air victory update with twenty-two German planes destroyed and six forced down out of control yesterday. Fifteen British aircraft are reported missing after the day’s aerial battles.
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London
British And French Advance On Somme-Oise Front
British and French forces push gains on key sectors northwest of Roye and along the southern wing near Lassigny while Germans retreat from Beaumont-Hamel Serre Bucqoy and Puisieux au Mont. British close in on the Ancre front as the Hebuterne salient is largely eliminated. No official reason given for the German withdrawals.
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Associated Press
Somme-Oise
Roye
Damery
Parvillers
Lassigny
Albert
Somme
Arras
Beaumont-Hamel
Serre
Bucqoy
Puisieux-AuMont
Ancre
Sabotage Expert Nabbed in Spain
Robert Fay, convicted in New York of placing bombs on ships carrying supplies and troops to Europe, was captured in Spain after escaping a penitentiary sentence. He faces extradition back to the United States. Fay, tied to German sabotage plots with Bernstorff, Boy-Ed, and Von Papen’s agency, had escaped an Atlanta prison months earlier and reappeared abroad.
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Washington
Robert Fay
Europe
Spain
Lansing
United States
Fay
New York
Canada
Bernstorff
Boy-Ed
von Papen
Atlanta
State Department
French Gains Along Oise Advance Near Ribecourt
Paris reports minor but steady French progress in the wooded area between the Matz and Oise rivers north of the Oise near Ribecourt. French forces captured the Attiche farm and the Monolithe farm, previously defended hotly by the enemy, and took several prisoners.
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Paris
Matz
Oise
Ribecourt
Revenue Bill Delayed as Receipts Fall Short
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee projects receipts $500 million to $1 billion below the $5 billion target. Chairman Kitchin says the revenue bill will not be ready for House presentation until late next week after recess. Treasury officials propose an eight class system to set pre war profit percentages between 8 and 12 percent with war profits deductions including a $3000 allowance plus either general invested capital or pre war net income, adjusted for capital changes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
North Carolina
Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Commission of Internal Revenue
Grazing Land Opened Back to Homestead Entry
Washington issues an executive proclamation restoring about 45 950 acres of Lincoln national forest grazing lands to homestead entry, removing them from the forest status.
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Washington
Lincoln National Forest
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